
Spend Matters welcomes this guest post from Jeannie Pumphrey, senior director at Alvarez & Marsal.
Third-party risk management (3PRM) continues to be one of the top three risk-related topics discussed in the boardrooms and amongst executive management teams in the financial services industry. As corporations tackle the task of segmenting their provider base and identifying and managing the risk inherent to the use of third parties, lack of clarity regarding appropriate program ownership, accountability and responsibility forms a common challenge.